Lailan’s mom, Jessica Adams, said on Thursday her son opened his eyes for the first time.

“He is my little warrior,” Adams said. “This little boy has been through so much."

The morning started like any other, Lailan's mom snapping pictures of him before dropping him off at the sitter's house.

Adams said the sitter, Michele Reed, had been their regular babysitter for three months.

"I got a call from Michelle saying that he had fallen off the couch and he wasn't breathing" "My initial reaction to the injury was I didn't believe it, I thought he really had just fallen off the couch."

On Tuesday, Michele Reed was arrested. Tolono Police accused Reed of shaking Lailan and then throwing him down.